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Pronunciation : Kern
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Ir.ceatharnach.Cf. Cateran. ]
Definition : 1. A light-armed foot soldier of the ancient militia of Ireland and Scotland; -- distinguished from gallowglass, and often used as a term of contempt. Macaulay. Now for our Irish wars; We must supplant those rough, rug-headed kerns. Shak.

2. Any kind of boor or low-lived person. [Obs.] Blount.

3. (O. Eng. Law)

Defn: An idler; a vagabond. Wharton.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Kern
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A part of the face of a type which projects beyond the body, or shank.

(Type Founding)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Kern
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To form with a kern. See 2d Kern.

t. [imp. & p. p. Kerned; p. pr. & vb. n. Kerning. ] (Type Founding)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Kern
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [See Churn. ]
Definition : Defn: A churn. [Prov. Eng.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Kern
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [AS. cweorn, cwyrn. See Quern. ]
Definition : Defn: A hand mill. See Quern. Johnson.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Kern
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Cf. G. kern kernel, grain; akin to E. corn. See Corn, Kernel. ]
Definition : 1. To harden, as corn in ripening. [Obs.] Carew.

2. To take the form of kernels; to granulate. [Obs.] It is observed that rain makes the salt kern. Dampier.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

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